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Jul. 8th, 2005 12:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingWorld War II sniper returns mittens he stole from a Christmas tree to keep his hands warm - in 1941.
Charles Stacey, 84, grabbed the gloves from a Christmas tree as he hid from the Nazis in a family's home.
The Commando used them throughout the war but has always been wracked with guilt at denying three-year-old Anne Osmundsvaag her present. When he was invited back to Norway to commemorate the battle he decided to make amends by buying a new pair of mittens. And he was stunned to find Anne, now 67, still living at the same house.
Charles Stacey, 84, grabbed the gloves from a Christmas tree as he hid from the Nazis in a family's home.
The Commando used them throughout the war but has always been wracked with guilt at denying three-year-old Anne Osmundsvaag her present. When he was invited back to Norway to commemorate the battle he decided to make amends by buying a new pair of mittens. And he was stunned to find Anne, now 67, still living at the same house.